Friday, November 09, 2018

NGS Presents Keynote at North American Young Surveyors Meeting

Two NGS staff members gave the keynote address at the International Federation of Surveyors Young Surveyors North American Meeting in College Park, Maryland. Their presentation, titled "NSRS, The Future, and You," connected the past, present, and future of the effort to modernize the U.S. National Spatial Reference System to highlight how modernization will affect the public in 2022. The meeting brought together over 55 young surveyors from five countries and throughout the United States and featured speakers from several equipment manufacturers, surveying societies, and surveying companies. This year's meeting placed special emphasis on planning for the future of surveying in light of rapid changes the profession has undergone and focused on the demands of a global increase in development.

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